France life expectancy, 1960 to 2024
About this statistic
France life expectancy stood at 83.0 yrs in 2024, up 0.2% on the previous period.
Life expectancy at birth estimates how many years a newborn would live if the mortality rates of the birth year held for their whole life, from the World Bank's compilation of national and UN data. The series runs from 1960, when France recorded 69.9 years, to 83.0 years in 2024, up from 82.8 years the period before.
It is a snapshot of current mortality, not a forecast: actual cohorts usually live longer than their birth-year figure because mortality keeps improving. Sharp dips mark shocks such as pandemics and wars, and recoveries show how quickly mortality normalizes.
Frequently asked questions
How often does this update?
The World Bank publishes annual figures on its World Development Indicators release cycle. This statistic refreshes automatically when new years appear.
Is this a prediction of how long people born today will live?
No. It applies today's death rates across a hypothetical lifetime. If mortality keeps falling, people born today will likely outlive this figure.
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